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An arctic blast that brought temperatures rivaling those near the ski slopes of Boulder, Colo., is expected to give way today to somewhat less brutal weather. But it was to get worse before it gets better. Record low temperatures were forecast for Palm Beach County this morning as a massive cold front was expected to continue to push the mercury to the lower 30s or upper 20s -- with the wind chill factor about 16 degrees -- National Weather Service specialist Gordon McCann said. Power officials called for local malls and other big customers to cut back on electricity between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. today because of the expected demand.

By Joel Hood Staff Writer and Staff Writers Mike Clary and Ken Kaye contributed to this report, January 30, 2007

With early morning temperatures expected to hover around freezing in parts of Palm Beach County this week, farmers did whatever they could to protect their crops from devastating frost and crippling wind burn. The expected cold spell had nursery owners in Loxahatchee Groves on Monday covering vulnerable flowers with a thick, woven cloth and loading tropical varieties onto shipping trucks. The South Florida Water Management District waived drought restrictions to allow farmers to draw water from the Lake Okeechobee canal system to help prevent crop damage.

March may not have come in like a lion by northern standards, but the first day of the month gave Floridians a chilly roar Saturday, with a cold growl yet to come tonight. Today`s daytime highs are expected to reach only near 60, and overnight lows in Palm Beach County could dip below freezing for a couple of hours near sunrise, said Frank O`Leary, a National Weather Service specialist. High winds out of the north that accompanied the cold front are expected to fall off today to 10-15 mph and become calm overnight, creating the distinct possibility of frost, O`Leary said.

BOYNTON BEACH -- Colleagues of former Palm Beach Town Manager George Frost say he is the kind of manager you can count on in a pinch. "I can honestly say he`s one of the most dedicated, hard-working and professional city managers I`ve encountered in all my years," said Palm Beach Police Chief Joe Terlizzese. "You couldn`t ask for anybody better." Terlizzese worked with Frost for several years during Frost`s tenure as town manager of Palm Beach. Frost, 66, ran Palm Beach for 16 years.

Ivax Corp. on Friday announced its second joint venture in China, a pharmaceuticals factory in the province of Yunan. Ivax will pay $750,000 cash to set up the venture, plus technology that is "somewhat more valuable," Ivax Chairman Dr. Philip Frost said. In return, Ivax will get a 51 percent stake in the Kunming Pharmaceutical Factory in Yunan. The venture will make tablets, capsules and products for treating skin diseases. Frost said the company has about $8 million in sales and is profitable.

DELRAY BEACH -- Sally Frost said her dog, Red, wouldn`t hurt a fly. But officials said Frost`s 90-pound Doberman pinscher was about to hurt a police officer, who then shot it on Tuesday. Police said the dog ran toward Officer Ivery Williams about 11:30 a.m. in front of Frost`s house in the 300 block of Southwest Second Street. Williams fired one shot, hitting the dog above the left eye. Sgt. Stu Cohen, who arrived after the shooting, shot the dog a second time to ends its suffering, he said.

If new drug approvals are the lifeblood of a pharmaceutical company, Ivax Corp. seems to be in the pink. The Miami-based drug company told shareholders on Friday it expects approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of at least a dozen new generic formulas in the next few quarters. Only two days ago, the FDA gave Ivax the go-ahead to market a generic hypertension drug, indapamide. "We expect to start shipping that product as early as next week," Chairman Dr. Phillip Frost said at the Ivax annual shareholders meeting in Miami.

Ivax Corp. Chairman Philip Frost is returning to the scene of his previous success. Ivax said on Thursday it will move its headquarters later this year to 4400 Biscayne Blvd. from its quarters near the Doral Country Club. The 4400 Biscayne building has been one of the largest vacant properties in Miami for years. It was built by Frost for his previous company, Key Pharmaceuticals, which was sold to Schering-Plough Corp. in 1986. Frost started Ivax the following year. The Miami-based pharmaceuticals company now has more than $1 billion in sales.

David Frost's 1977 television interviews with former President Richard M. Nixon required nearly 29 hours to film and aired in four 90-minute installments, a journalistic marathon destined to remain unequaled in this age of 24-hour cable and the ever-refreshing Internet. Today, the idea that a public figure, let alone the public itself, would sit still for so long seems almost absurd. But if you have two hours, director Ron Howard will provide the CliffsNotes version. Frost/Nixon is based on the 2006 play by Peter Morgan (he also wrote the script)

Ivax Corp. Chairman Phillip Frost paid about $2.6 million for 200,000 shares of the Miami-based company's stock in the days after Bergen Brunswig Corp. announced plans to buy Ivax in a $1.41 billion transaction. The purchases are the latest in a buying spree that began during the summer. Frost now controls about 15.3 million shares of the generic-drug company, or about 12.6 percent of its outstanding common stock. Frost bought the shares between Nov. 11 and Nov. 14 at an average price of $12.75 a share, according to Washington Service, which compiles reports on insider transactions from filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.